Hi i am new here i found this site and loved it i didnt know there where so many of us out there.

My story i am 39 years old got told by my Dr in Feb that the lump i had in my mouth was nothing to worry about, by september it was huge and i suppose i aready knew what it was, i was right had a biopsy done came back stage 4 base and right side of tongue cancer.
started treatment in October 35 rads 3 Cisplatin (spelling sorry) here i am the end of January was told yesterday i am clear of cancer (clinical) i have to have my follow up Cat scan middle of march...fingers crossed.

thanks for reading

Age 40 Diagnosed with stage 4 SCC tongue, sept 07 started 35 radiation treatments and 3 chemo Had my first follow up PET - got the all clear 17th April 2008.
26th Had my PEG tube removed...eating almost everything. Was hard but learned to eat without saliva, it's so good to chew and swallow food!